And, unfortunately, it appears that’s exactly what a couple of the power conferences in the game seem hellbent on accomplishing.

In an interview with ESPN.com Big Ten blogger Adam Rittenberg, Nebraska chancellor Harvey Perlman made it clear that it is the presidents and chancellors of the schools in their conferences, and not the commissioners who are seemingly in favor of a four-team playoff, who will decide what shape the postseason will take in 2014 and beyond. And, it appears, Perlman’s conference along with its sister conference the Pac-12 are taking the lead on making a mess of what progress has been made the past few months.

“It is clear the presidents will still make the final decision,” Perlman, who’s also an influential member of the BcS Presidential Oversight Committee, told the website. “We’ve had some informal meetings, the Big Ten presidents and the Pac-12 presidents, and I think we’re largely aligned in thinking a plus-one with a different ranking after the bowl games to select No. 1 and 2 would be acceptable. Our second choice would probably be a four-team playoff inside the bowls. Our highest priority is to preserve the status of the Rose Bowl and our connection to it.”

Well, isn’t that just precious.

So, the Big Ten’s and Pac-12’s idea for change, at least through one man’s point of view, is to merely tack on a game at the end of bowl season and declare all is well with major college football’s antiquated postseason?

The fact that Perlman is taking the public lead on what’s essentially an anti-playoff stance is far from surprising. Long an opponent of any type of playoff at this level, Perlman has testified in front of Congress in support of the BcS and against a playoff.

“What I think most people don’t understand is that the alternative to the current system is not a playoff,” Perlman said in July of 2009, shortly before he appeared at the Senate hearing. ”The alternative to the BCS is going back to our traditional relationship with our bowl partners.”

That was a hollow threat that never was going to come to fruition. Perlman, though, armed with the threat of a plus-one, is still struggling to understand the need for a playoff.

“I can’t figure out a good reason to have a playoff to start with,” the chancellor said.

If people like Perlman haven’t figured that out by now, this whole playoff thing may indeed be DOA. Hopefully, influential commissioners such as Mike Slive, Larry Scott and even Jim Delany, who appears to be coming around to the general idea of a four-team playoff, can interject some common sense into the meetings with their bosses in the coming weeks.

An even better proposition? Perlman was speaking out of turn and is one of the lone voices in the Big Ten and Pac-12 espousing “change” that’s anything but.

Looks like Cincinnati didn’t need to go far to find their replacement for Tommy Tuberville.

According to Toledo sports reporter Jordan Strack, the Bearcats will make the hire of Ohio State co-defensive coordinator/linebackers coach Luke Fickell official on Saturday.

A person told USA Today that talks between the two parties were progressing on Friday night but not yet complete.

The move makes plenty of sense for Fickell, a Columbus, Ohio native who has spent nearly his entire career in the state not too far from Cincinnati. He did serve as interim head coach of the Buckeyes back when Jim Tressel was fired and was retained by Urban Meyer and served as one of the mainstays of the defensive staff.

Cincinnati has served as a bit of a stepping-stone job to major openings around the Midwest and has proven to be one of the more desirable jobs in the AAC given the resources at the school and the local talent base. The hiring of somebody like Fickell makes plenty of sense on both ends and it seems like the only unknown at this point is whether he sticks around for Ohio State’s semifinal game against Clemson or heads to Cincinnati right away.

Kiffin has also reportedly been in the mix at South Florida but it looks as though the Bulls are moving quickly to getting a deal done with Charlie Strong. If the former Texas coach turns USF down, the Alabama offensive coordinator could get back in the running in his old hometown of Tampa.

The Owls would represent an interesting destination if the two parties come together however. Combined with his offensive background and ability to recruit, the area known as a retirement mecca could instead be the perfect place for the young Kiffin to continue to rehabilitate his image. The program is looking to replace Charlie Partridge after three 3-9 seasons but FAU has solid facilities for a CUSA team and is located in a talent-rich area.

It seems like quite the drop from being the offensive coordinator at a program like Alabama but the drive to be a head coach is clearly a strong one for Kiffin.

One of the most interesting hires this offseason has been Baylor bringing in Matt Rhule over from Temple to be the program’s new head coach.

Rhule didn’t have any previous ties to the state of Texas so many folks were wondering what kind of staff would he assemble. On Friday it seems, we’re getting our first look that not a ton is going to change from his days in Philadelphia.

Padden was previously an associate AD at Temple and heads to Waco as Baylor’s new director of football operations. Titles were not given out for the other three members but Brown coached defensive backs for the Owls, Siravo was the team’s linebackers coach and Cooper was the director of player personnel.

Those hires represent plenty of familiar faces and continuity for Rhule as he settles in with Baylor and figure to be the first of many new coaches added to the staff over the coming weeks.

The release did not state whether they would be remaining with Temple through the team’s Military Bowl appearance but it seems pretty clear they will be filling their new roles relatively quick and probably won’t coach in the Owls’ final game this season.

It took a few weeks, but Missouri head coach Barry Odom has a new defensive line coach.

The school announced the hiring of Brick Haley on Friday afternoon, a longtime veteran SEC coach who heads to Columbia after previously serving on Charlie Strong’s staff at Texas.

“I’m very pleased and really excited to be joining Coach Odom’s program,” said Haley in a release. “We haven’t worked together, but I’m very aware of him and the reputation he has in the coaching profession. I look at this as an unbelievable opportunity to work with someone who has such an impressive passion and work ethic. It didn’t take me long in our conversations to know that Coach Odom is the right guy and someone you want to work with. I believe that Mizzou is a place where the sky is the limit, and I’m looking forward to being part of the program.”

Haley has a strong reputation as a recruiter, which is helpful considering that the Tigers are in a bit of a rebuilding job right now. In addition his recent stop at Texas, he also coached at LSU, the Chicago Bears, Mississippi State, Georgia Tech, Clemson and others.

Missouri does have a strong tradition of producing first-round picks along the defensive line and it appears that, after a one year speed bump with Jackie Shipp, the program has found the next coach to help carry on that tradition.